No decision on the possible withdrawal of Jude Célestin

Wednesday evening a meeting was held between the candidates for the presidency member of G8 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15700-haiti-elections-for-the-g8-as-published-results-are-unacceptable.html in order to find a common position on participation or not of Jude Célestin, candidate of the Alternative League for Progress and the HaitianEmancipation (LAPEH), in the second round of presidential elections, scheduled for December 27. However after the meeting no consensus was reached https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15887-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

Nota that if Jude Célestin withdrew, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) should apply Article 43.1 of the Electoral Decree, which states "In case of withdrawal, in the interval of two (2) rounds of one of the candidates admitted to the second round, this candidate is replaced automatically by the one that, in the first round, followed immediately him and so on..." in this case it's Moïse Jean Charles (Pitit Dessaline) 222,646 votes 14.27% which will take place in the second round against Jovenel Moïse (PHTK) in case of withdrawal...

26 protesters sentenced to prison terms

Me Clamé Ocnam Daméus, the acting Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince, invited the organizers of protests against the elections to ensure that these movements are peaceful, the Chief Public Prosecutor intends to put the public action against the perpetrators of violence during the demonstrations "The prosecution will therefore have no mercy in dealing indictments records of potential rioters of windshields or windows, or to anyone, whatever the pretext, are tackling citizens or the agents of the police forces." Note that in the first series of 3-day events out of 42 persons heard at the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, 26 were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 6 months in prison.

The party "Pitit Dessalin" unaffected by maneuvers of power

Wednesday at a press conference, Assade Volcy, Deputy Coordinator of the party "Pitit Dessalin" said the party was not affected by the maneuvers of the ruling power they assimilate to an attempt of "electoral coup [...] The results of the CEP are part of a provocation, aggression against the will of the Haitian people that shows its refusal to eating the poisoned banana [in reference to the nickname of Jovenel Moïse (PHTK) "Nèg Bannan n lan"]

The Electoral Adviser has not signed approved

For the Electoral Adviser Jaccéus Joseph, which has not signed the final results of the presidential election of October 25, he considers that "these results do not reflect the will of the people." However, Pierre-Louis Opont, President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) said that the Adviser Joseph nevertheless provided its stamp of approval to the results by signing the decision of the National Electoral Office of Litigation (BCEN) produced during protests by the presidential candidates of Fanmi Lavalas, Maryse Narcisse and Vilaire Cluny Duroseau of Meksepa Party.

HL/ HaitiLibre